Hand-stamp.



H. S. FOLGER & T. ROSS.

HAND STAMP.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 23. 1914.

1,226,874. Patented May 22,1917.

HARRY S. FOLGER AND TOBEY ROSS, OF CHICAGQILLINOIS.

HAND-STAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed October 23, 1914. Serial No. 868,149.

To all whom it mav/ concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY S. FoLGnR and TOREY Ross, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to hand stamps, and has for its object improvements in the construction and operation of such devices.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the man ward position of. the ink pad in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the manner of removing the ink pad;

Fig. 4 is a detail showing the spring connections by which the pad is normally held under the stamp .and the stamp is normally held clear of the pad; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pad and pad frame detached.

In the said drawings, is the frame of a band dater provided with a handle 11. The bands 12 are mounted upon wheels 13 which are supported on shaft 14 running through frame 10. Below, the bands run over an inside bridge connecting the lower ends of the frame 10 in the ordinary manner. The dater so far described is of the ordinary and well known construction.

Secured between the frame 10 and the handle 11 is a bracket having ears 15 projecting upward on each side of the handle 11, and secured to the ears are studs 16. Pivoted on the studs is-a pad frame having legs 17 connected together above the bridge 18. The pivoting point is represented by slots 19 in the upper ends of the legs 17.

The lower ends of the legs 17 are formed .into rectangular cups 20 adapted to receive and hold the ends of the box 21 containing pad 22. The legs 17 are flexible so that by pivoting pins 16 in the direction which will hold the legs 17 against the projecting ends of the shaft 14. The legs 17 are notched at 2 1 so that when there is'enga ement between legs 17 and Shaft 14. the pacI 22 will be directly below the printing face of the type bands 12." A handle on the bridge 18 serves as a manual means for moving the \pad to the rear as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 when the stamp is used to print.

Normally the stamp stands upright resting on the lower edges of the cups 20 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this condition the ends of the springs 23 which extend over the top of the bridge 18 press down ward 011 that bridge and consequently act to lift the dater clear from the pad 22. Engagement between the studs 16 and the upper ends of the slots 19'limits this upward movement of the stamp so that the actual clearance between the type face and the pad is equal to about the thickness of a sheet of paper. The type face may in fact normally touch the pad face provided there is no pressing contact between the two which will make the type faces sink into the pad face. The lifting force of the springs 23 is purposely made so that it will be very little more than necessary to lift the stamp from the face of the pad. The consequence of this light lifting force is that when the hand is placed upon the handle 11 for the purpose of lifting the stamp and moving it to the place to be used. the mere weight of the hand in striking the handle is sufficient, without conscious effort, to press the stamp face against the pad face and thereby ink the stamp. Because of the very short movement of the stamp to ink it the fact of such movement is not observable by the person who places his hand upon it for the purpose of using it. In lifting the stamp from its standing position the springs 23 instantly release the pad from the type face so that a finger placed on the handle 25 serves to swing the pad into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 without causing a rubbing contact between the type faces and the pad face. In this condition the stamp may be used in the ordinary manner. hen the finger is released from the handle 25 the pad is returned to position beneath the stamp, and when the stamp is set down upon the table the weight of the hand in so setting it down is sufficient to again cause the type face to again strike the pad. It will thus be seen that while the inking operation is in fact manually performed, it is really automatic because it is the necessary consequence of performing another act performed in an or dinary manner for another purpose and having no conscious relationship to the ink ing operation. It will also be seen that this automatic inking operation is performed when the stamp is picked up and again when it is put away after being used.

What we claim is 1. An ink pad, a stamp, a spring acting to normally hold the stamp and pad adjacent to each other and out of inking contact, said spring being so arranged that it will be deflected by the weight of the hand to permit a brief inking contact between stamp and pad when the stamp is picked up, and manually operated means for deflecting the spring a second time to move the pad laterally from the face of the stamp.

2. A pad and a stamp having a pivotal and sliding connection with each other, and a spring action upon both the pivotal and sliding movements to hold the stamp and pad in line with each other and out of inking contact.

3. A frame consisting of two legs and a bridge connecting the upper ends of the legs, an ink pad supported between the lower ends of the legs, a stamp pivoted in slots in the upper end of the frame, and a spring acting to hold the printing face of the stamp adjacent to but slightly removed from the face of the ink pad.

A frame consisting of two legs and a bridge connecting the upper ends of the legs, a box secured between the lower ends of the legs, an ink pad in the boX, a stamp pivoted in the upper end of the frame, aspring acting to turnthe stamp on its pivots, a stop for limiting such movement so that the stamp will be normally held over the pad and out of inking contact therewith, and means by which the stamp may be manually moved to inking contact with said pad.

5. The combination with a stamp and a handle therefor, of pivots secured to the stamp by the handle, a frame providing bearings for the pivots, an ink pad supported in the frame, and means by which the stamp is normally held adjacent to the pad but out of inking contact therewith.

(3. The combination with a stamp, a handle, and pivoting pins secured to the stamp by the handle, of a frame providing bearings for the pins, an ink pad supported in the frame, and a spring acting to hold the stamp adjacent to the pad.

7. The combination with a stamp and a handle therefor, of a bracket secured to the stamp by the handle, pins secured to the bracket, a frame providing bearings for said pins, springs on the pins acting to move the stamp with respect to the bearings, a stop for limiting such movement, and an ink pad supported in the frame adjacent to the stopping point of the stamp.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 21st day of October, 1914.

HARRY S. FOLGER. TOREY ROSS. lVitnesses lVAL'rnn H. Rnnrmno, C. L. REDFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

